diff --git a/project/Core/Src/tftp.c b/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
index e1d8f53..87c2d1b 100644
--- a/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
+++ b/project/Core/Src/tftp.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ void tftp_server_init(void) {
     // Init the tftp server
     if (tftp_init(&tftpContext_s) != ERR_OK) {
         LOG_FATAL(TAG, "Could not initialize tftp server");
+        tftp_server_deinit();
         return;
     }
     LOG_INFO(TAG, "tftp server initialized successfully");